Professor, Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Pediatrics

Robert Pettignano works in the field of Pediatrics. He studied medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Emory University School of Medicine has a rank of 23 in research and a 42 in primary care He received awards:"Outstanding Medical-legal Partnership", "Healthcare Hero", "Orlandos top doctors", "Beta Gamma Sigma", "Fellow (FCCM)", "1 Dan Black Belt", "Best Doctor in America" and "Pediatric Residents Teaching". Robert Pettignano is a published physician as well. He has 26 publications published. The latest was: Cost of extracorporeal life support in pediatric patients with acute respiratory failure.

Publications

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• Bridging the quality gap with medical-legal partnerships.
• The health law partnership: a medical-legal partnership strategically designed to provide a coordinated approach to public health legal services, education, advocacy, ...
• Cisapride-induced dysrhythmia in a pediatric patient receiving extracorporeal life support.
• Plastic bronchitis: an unusual complication associated with sickle cell disease and the acute chest syndrome.
• Daily cranial ultrasounds during ECMO: a quality review/cost analysis project.
• Total enteral nutrition versus total parenteral nutrition during pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
• Cost of extracorporeal life support in pediatric patients with acute respiratory failure.
• Intramural anomalous left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva supported with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
• Extracorporeal life support in pediatric acute respiratory failure: we can afford it AND need it.
• Is the leak test reproducible?
• The assessment and management of chronic pain in children.
• Evaluation of an opiate-weaning protocol using methadone in pediatric intensive care unit patients.
• Primary use of the venovenous approach for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric acute respiratory failure.
• Hair loss after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
• Extracorporeal life support for posttraumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome at a children's medical center.
• Fluid overload before continuous hemofiltration and survival in critically ill children: a retrospective analysis.
• Enteral nutrition and cardiovascular medications in the pediatric intensive care unit.
• Systemic hypertension associated with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for pediatric respiratory failure.
• Halothane, an effective infrequently used drug, in the treatment of pediatric status asthmaticus: a case report.
• Life-threatening bradyarrhythmia after massive azithromycin overdose.
• Use of a feeding protocol to improve nutritional support through early, aggressive, enteral nutrition in the pediatric intensive care unit.
• The authors reply: Food for thought.
• Pediatric guidelines.
• A case including lawyers on the care team.
• Medical-legal partnership: impact on patients with sickle cell disease.

Schools

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• Ross University School of Medicine amp Veterinary Medicine

• Newark Beth Israel Med Center

• Henrietta EglestonEmory

Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
• Pediatrics

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Choice HMO
• Blue Choice Option POS
• Blue Open Access POS
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Coventry Health Care
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Golden Rule
• Kaiser Permanente
• Magellan Health Services
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• Meritain Health
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Outstanding Medical-legal Partnership
• Healthcare Hero
• Orlando’s top doctors
• Beta Gamma Sigma
• Fellow (FCCM)
• 1 Dan – Black Belt
• Best Doctor in America
• Pediatric Residents Teaching

Education

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• Emory University
• Emory University School of Medicine
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
• Ross University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Grady Memorial Hospital
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

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